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4:31 PM.A curtailed 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow would carry "a reputation risk as well as financial risk" - that's the advice from the Scottish government as the debate continues about where the next… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Next week the local council will consider whether to fund the return of the Tokoroa santa parade. After a 35 year run, the Lions Club pulled the pin on the parade in 2023 due to rising costs. Last… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Anna Thomas about Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris and a break down of today's presidential debate. Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa Owen about a proposal to ban on teenagers from using social media gaining pace and a ban on online ads to gambling. Audio

5:37 PM.Thousands of Woolworths supermarket workers walked off the job for two hours today, protesting over pay and conditions amid rising levels of abuse. The strike action affected almost 200 shops between… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The White Ferns will be relying heavily on the experience of two veteran players, Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, at next month's T20 World Cup in the UAE. Devine and Bates have both been selected for… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Waiheke residents with health issues said they're living in fear of what could happen without after-hours care. 9000 residents live on the island and currently have to call an ambulance in an… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.An Auckland school principal who's having to find up to twenty relief teachers a day says the shortage is putting too much pressure on staff and students and its only going to get worse, unless… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.More than two hundred central North Island mill workers have been told they are officially out of work. In what's been described as a devastating blow to the Ruapehu District, Winston Pulp confirmed… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after one of the Central North Island's biggest employers announced today it will close down two of its mills, for good. For the past few weeks, Winstone… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The defence for a man accused of multiple rape and sexual violation charges, says the jury needs to purely look at the facts of the case, and not whether they like the accused man, or approve of his… Read more Audio

4:35 PM."Preventable and predictable," are the words of a Rotorua Doctor who said the pressures on the hospital's emergency department were relayed to management - but nothing was done. Now staffing shortages… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Jamie Wall has arrived back from South Africa and spoke to Lisa Owen what's next for the All Blacks, after two defeats on the trot to the Springboks. Audio

4:25 PM.The goal of getting Aucklanders to halve their car use by 2030 is delusional and needs a complete rethink according to one councillor. The Council's Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway lays out a… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the second presidential debate and first meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris set to kick off tomorrow. Audio

4:06 PM.Winstone Pulp has confirmed its two mills in the central north island are shutting for good. That means more than two hundred job loses and real fears communities will become ghost towns as people are… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Europe correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about a damning report finally coming out over the deadly 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in west London, the Paralympics coming to a grand finale in Paris… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.The IRD has backtracked on a controversial safety techique that is used to anonymise people's personal details. The organisation had been relying on a technique called "hashing" when it handed over… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Italian world number one Jannik Sinner has won his second tennis grand slam of the year, beating local favourite Taylor Fritz in straight sets to claim the US Open. That Sinner was even competing in… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.In the last four weeks there's been up to twice as many killings as an average month. Police say there's no need for alarm yet but they'll be closely watching whether the the increase in continues… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Skycity casino will shut down for five days, for failing help a problem gambler who lost more than a million dollars on the pokies. The gambler spent up to 9 hours playing continuously. On 23… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Porirua College has cancelled its NCEA literacy tests because students arent ready for them and there's already too much pressure on them and staff according to the principal. Students need to pass… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.A Christchurch man accused of multiple sexual assaults has been described in the Crown's closing address as treating women with contempt, and assuming he could use their bodies as he liked. John Hope… Read more Audio